WORLD TEACHER'S DAY

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Attendance: Анна Манченкова, Олеся Гольдина, Дмитрий Люкманов, Александра Бедненко, Мария Горшенина, Александра Гордонова, Анна Перепелицына, Андрей Щур, Дмитрий Ефимов

TRADING PLACES!Dear students,Thank you very much for your great contribution to the celebration of the World Teacher's Day ! I thoroughly enjoyed the experience! Yours, JL
HOME TASK:
Guys! Now you are responsible for A LOT OF vocabulary items introduced by your classmates. Do learn them by heart!
Make sure you have them ALL at hand - printed out/copied in your notebooks or immediately available in your tablets/phones as you will be given various tasks to use them in your speech!

A) phrasal verbs connected with health and illness and be ready make up the dialogues using at least 7 units.

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+ Mary's sentences for translation:

1. Когда она услышала, что ее мама была отправлена в госпиталь, она очень расстроилась, но она выпила успокоительное, и ей удалось заснуть. Ей понадобится время, чтобы прийти в себя.
2. Она подхватила очень странное заболевание: она сильно кашляет, ей тяжело передвигаться, и она время от времени теряет сознание. Врач прописал ей таблетки и посоветовал ей бросить курить.
3. Один из игроков сильно ударил моего сына по голове и он потерял сознание, поэтому ему сейчас нужен уход.
4. У него на лице странная опухоль, возможно, он что-то подхватил. Ему нужно мазать ее чем-то, чтобы она уменьшилась.
5. Она не может оправиться от шока, она передвигается по дому как приведение и ей очень сложно засыпать.

B) Alexandra's Idioms:


alive and kicking- to be well and healthyMy aunt is ninety years old and she is very much alive and kicking.
alive and well- to be well and healthyThe worker was alive and well after the accident.
as fit as a fiddle- to be healthy and physically fitMy grandfather is ninety years old but he is as fit as a fiddle.
in the best of health/ in the pink- very healthy
as pale as a ghost- extremely paleMy grandfather was as pale as a ghost when he entered the hospital.
as pale as death- extremely paleThe woman in the hospital waiting room was as pale as death.
at death's door/ have one foot in the grave- very near deathThe sales manager was at death's door after his heart attack.
back on one's feet- physically healthy againMy mother is back on her feet after being sick for two weeks.
bitter pill to swallow- an unpleasant fact that one must acceptLosing the election was a bitter pill to swallow for the candidate.
black out- to lose consciousness, to faint, to pass outThe football player blacked out after being hit by the other player.out cold- unconscious, to have faintedThe patient was out cold because of the anesthesia when he entered the operating room.
breathe one's last- to dieThe man breathed his last after a long illness.
bring (someone) around- to restore someone to health or consciousness, to cure someoneThe medical workers were able to bring the man around after the accident.
bundle of nerves- a very nervous or anxious personThe woman is a bundle of nerves after looking after her three children.

  • die a natural death- to die by disease or of old age and not by an accident or by violence My grandfather was very old and he died a natural death. draw blood- to make someone bleed, to get blood from someone The doctor decided to draw blood from the patient in order to check his blood sugar level.
  • flare up- to begin again suddenly (an illness or a disease) My mother's skin problem flared up when she started to use the new hand soap.
  • nothing but skin and bones- to be very thin or emaciated The young man was nothing but skin and bones when he returned from the long camping trip.
  • run some tests- to do some medical tests on a patient The doctor decided to run some tests on the patient. show signs of an illness


IDIOM 1: "go under the knife"
-> MEANING: to be operated on in surgery
-> EXAMPLE: His wife went under the knife at the hospital last evening.

IDIOM 3: "under the weather"
-> MEANING: not feeling well
-> EXAMPLE: My boss has been feeling under the weather all week and has not come to work during that time.

IDIOM 4: "head shrinker "
-> MEANING: a psychiatrist
-> EXAMPLE: The man was told to go and see a head shrinker after he threatened the woman in the store several times.

IDIOM 5: "at the top of one's lungs"
-> MEANING: as loud as one can, very loudly
-> EXAMPLE: I yelled at the top of my lungs to get the attention of that man.

IDIOM 6: "blood is thicker than water"
-> MEANING: family members are closer to one another than to others
-> EXAMPLE: Blood is thicker than water and people usually support their family rather than their friends in times of trouble.

IDIOM 7: "butterflies in one's stomach"
-> MEANING: a feeling of fear or anxiety in the stomach
-> EXAMPLE: The little boy had butterflies in his stomach when he had to give the speech in front of the class.

IDIOM 8: "save one's neck"
-> MEANING: save from danger or trouble
-> EXAMPLE: The worker tried to save his own neck without thinking of any of the other people.


C) Ann's great exercises:

Part I Match the symptoms to the name of the disease.
Symptoms
a.Can`t sleep b. A bloated, painful stomach c. High temperature, nausea, dizziness d. A painful muscle contraction e. Difficulty breathing, wheezing f. can`t stop yawning g.runny nose, sore eyes, sneezing h.spots and red lumps on the face and neck i. headache, fever, aching muscles
Problem
  1. Indigestion 2. Asthma 3.Insomnia 4. Overtired 5. Flu 6. Cramp 7. Acne 8. Heat stroke 9. Hay fever
Part 2 Explain the meaning:
  1. A Streaming cold b)a Black eye c)a Nose bleed d) wakefulness e) fatigue d)a syringe

Part 3 Fill in the gaps with an appropriate name of body part:
  1. Thanks for listening. I needed to get that off my …… .
  2. Surgeons need to have a strong ………. Because they can`t let the sight of blood and injuries upset them.
  3. The little girl was eating her ….. out because she was not allowed to have a dog.
  4. I`m sure something is going to go wrong today. I can feel it in my ……………. .
  5. I didn`t say that. Please don`t put words into my……… .
  6. People who are always complaining are a pain in the ……………… .
  7. He seems rather bad-tempered when you first meet him, but his ….. is In the right place.
  8. During the school holidays the children keep getting in my ……. –why can`t they just be a little calmer?
  9. Some of the tourists with sticky ……… try to break off pieces from the castle wall.
  10. He was so enthusiastic about taking part in the project – I have never seen him having so itchy ….. .
  11. Come on, show a …., it`s nearly midday.

Part 4 Paraphrase the following:
  1. You can`t be the only person at the parade not wearing a uniform – you`ll stick out like a sore thumb.
  2. She will take it ill if you refuse her invitation.
  3. If we hadn`t had cancel our holiday, we would have been on the plane that crashed, so I suppose it`s an ill wind ( that blows nobody any good).
  4. It cost us a lot of money to get papers to leave the country – we had to see a lot of officials and they all had itching palms.
  5. He gets very wound up about going to the dentist.
  6. I was going to apply for the job but I got cold feet.